Gas-governor



(No Model.)

J. P. RBINBOKE.

GAS GOVERNOR. No. 328,338. Patented Oct. 13, 1885.

ATTORNEYS.

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NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN P. REINEOKE, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

GAS-GOVERNOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 328,338, dated October13, 18 5.

l Application filed January 8, 1885. Sciial No. 152,252. (No model.) i

T0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Jol-IN P. REINECKE, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inGas-Governors, and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part ofthis specification, and in which- Figure l is a vertical sectional Viewof my improved gas-governor. Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional view ofthe same on line x x, and Fig. 3 is a sectional detail view of thevalve.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all thefigures.

My invention has relation to devices for regulating or governing thepressure of gas from a given supply, and is more particularly adapted toregulate the pressure of the gas supplied from natural gas-wells.

My improvement consists in the construe tion and combination of certainparts of a device or apparatus of that class, as will be hereinaftermore fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, A denotes a tank or vessel of suitablesize, preferably of cylindrical shape and made of sheet metal. Insertedinto this tank is an inverted Vessel, B,l also by preference ofcylindrical shape, and having a central aperture, b, in its top B.

Inside o f the outer tank, A, and concentric with its wall, is a wall orpartition, C, thus forming with the tank or vessel A an annular space,D, adapted to contain a quantity of quicksilver, (shown at 13,) whichforms a gastight seal for the inverted vessel B, the lower rim of whichdips into the quicksilver, as clearly shown in the drawings. If the twoparts or vessels A and B and the inside wall, C, are made of metal,these parts should be japanned or coated with some suitable compositionto prevent amalgamating by direct contact with the Quicksilver.

AftiXed to the bottom of the outside vessel, A,is a cap, F, threaded onthe inside, so that it may be connected with the feed-pipe from thegasometer or other source of gas-supply. This cap opens up into a pipe,G, arranged vertically in the vessel A, and is provided with an annularpacking, H, of leather, vulcanized ber, or other suitable material,whichis held in place by a packingring, I, itting inside of the cap, andadapted to be screwed tightly up against the packing, so as to hold itin place. 6o

J is a valve having a central screw-threaded recess or aperture for theattachment of the valvestem L. This valve is in the shape of a circulardisk, and has a raised annular iange, K, beveled so as to form a sharpridge, 7c, adapted to be seated upon the packing H. The valvestem Lpasses up through the cen ter of the tube G, between guides M M, so thatit will have a true play up and down.

N is a lever havingits fulcrum in a bracket, 7o O, fastened upon tube G,and connected to the upper end of the valve-rod by the yoke P. The otherend of the lever is connected by a short link, It, to another lever, S,which has its fulcrum in the upper end of a post, I, fixed in the bottomof the outer tank or vessel, A. rIhis lever S is connected at its freeend to a short arm, U, the upper reduced end V of which rits into thecentral aperture, b, in the top of the inverted vessel B, to which 8o itis fastened by means of a cap, XV, which is screwed upon the threadedextension V of arm U.

X is the discharge pipe or outlet by which the gas is conducted from thegovernor to the 8 5 place of consumption.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the drawings,the operation of this apparatus will readily be understood.

The movable inverted tank B is weighted 9o by means of removable weightsB2 to corre spend to the pressure which it is desired the gas to have atthe place of consumption. As the gas enters the inlet F G and tills theinside tank, flowing out through the outlet X, g5l any excess ofpressure will lift the inverted vessel B, and thereby-by the operationof the compound lever N B S, which, as we have seen, is connected withthe tank'B by arm U- seat valve J upon the annular packing H, loo thuseftectually shutting off the supply of gas.

As the pressure thus becomes gradually reduced inside of the apparatus,the weights placed upon tank B, overcoming the inside pressure, willagain lower the tank, and thus, by the operation of the compound lever,again open the valve for a fresh supply of gas. Thus it will be seenthat the gas will always escape through the outlet X at a uniformpressure, which may he regulated by adjusting the weights upon ltank B.rIhe operation of the compound lever is such that it will seat the valvewith considerable power when closed, and is so arranged that thepressure upon the gas may be regulated with the greatest nicety oraccuracy.

Having thus described niyinvention,I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent of the United States- In a gas-governor, the combinationof the outside vessel having a iiuid seal, the invert- JOHN P. REINEGKE.

1Witnesses:

Louis BAGGER, AUGUST PETERSON.

